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Small House Plans 
(Second Edition) 


4 es houses here shown form one of four series, presenting in 
separate folders 3 to 4 room, 5 room, 6 room, and 7 to 8 room plans. 
In each folder every two houses on opposite pages constitute a pair 
in which the same floor plans are reversed and the exterior designs so 
drawn as to fit either plan. Thus, in any pair of houses given you 
really have four choices, because you can have either exterior design 
with the floor plans just as shown or with the reversed plans on the 
opposite page. This not only offers you a choice of design with any 
given plan you prefer, but helps you in locating the house on the lot 
with reference to sun or prevailing wind. 

A special merit of these drawings is that three wall sections are 
given for each house, showing the complete wall construction for solid 
brick, face brick on hollow tile backing, and veneer, or face brick in- 
stead of siding over frame. This will enable you to obtain figures on 
costs of the various types of wall in your locality, and thus help you 
decide on the methods of construction you wish. 

As these plans have proved very popular, a new edition of this 
booklet is necessary, in which a number of desirable changes have 
been made. The nominal price we ask for them is far below their real 
money value to you and very much below their cost to us. To be 
frank, we want to sell you face brick, and to do so we put you in the 
way of getting the best type of Bhude from both the material and ar- 
tistic points of view. In issuing these plans, the Service Department is 
guided by thoroughly trained and experienced architectural advice. 

We hfve levied upon the best practice, from every available source, 
and can thus offer you the most convenient and modern interior 
arrangements, combined with artistic beauty of exterior design, that 
it is possible to secure. As long as you are going to build, it will cost 
you no more to make your home beautiful and architecturally correct 
than to make it crude and unattractive. With these plans, we put 
into your hands architectural values in design which you could not 
possibly get otherwise for the nominal price we.name. Even if you 
should not use the drawings, or wish to modify them, it would pay 
you to have them for study and comparison in helping to formulate 
your own ideas. 


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Designed for the Service Department of The American Face Brick Association 


An Economical Home for Young Married People 


A young couple starting out in life will find in 
this plan the solution of a big problem. The origi- 
nal cost and the maintenance are small and the 
furnishings simple, enabling them to live well 
within their income. They will enjoy the comfort 
and pleasure of their own garden and fireside 
while saving and planning for future days. They 
will find it cozy to breakfast in the dining alcove 
or dine by the fireside in the living room. 

And it will be far superior to a small, crowded 
apartment involving high rent bills which would 
better be applied on paying for a home. The rooms 


of this charming little Colonial bungalow are 
large, light, and cheerful, while the exterior is ex- 
ceedingly attractive. A large lot is not needed 
unless one wishes an extensive garden. 

All told it is a very attractive and livable little 
home for any young couple until increasing fortune 
permits or justifies a larger and more pretentious 
house. The interior arrangements are given on 
the opposite page where the reversed plan is shown 
with a different exterior design. 


The ceiling height is 9 feet and the content, 
14,500 cubic feet. 


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A Cozy Place of the Western Type 


Compactly built, necessitating the minimum 
amount of care, this should make an ideal home for 
two people. The living room is large enough for 
entertaining and has a real fireplace, a feature 
sadly lacking in most apartments. A disappearing 
bed in an adjoining closet makes a second bed- 
room when required for an occasional guest. 

There is no dining room, as the dining room 
alcove in the kitchen will serve all the family 
requirements, while upon more formal occasions, 
a gate-leg table in the living room will accom- 
modate a large dinner party. The compact little 


kitchen, with its breakfast alcove and china cab- 
inet and well-lighted sink, will prove to be a sav- 
ing convenience and constant joy to the lady of 
the house. In the rear entry is space for the ice 
box under the breakfast nook cabinet, and also a 
broom closet. 

The bedroom and bath are connected with the 
main part of the house by a small hall. The bath 
room has a fine cabinet for linens. The basement, 
like that of No. 301, has heating plant, fuel room, 
laundry, and vegetable cellar. The ceiling height is 
also the same, but the content is 13,000 cubic feet. 


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Three-Room Bungalow, No. 303 


Designed for the Service Department of The American Face Brick Association 


Two Rooms Upstairs Possible as Your Family Grows 


This attractive Colonial bungalow is designed 
along apartment lines for those who wish the 
convenience of the apartment combined with the 
pleasures of their own home. It is not large or 
expensive to build and is suitable for a small lot, 
which would reduce the total investment. 

The bungalow feeling predominates in the ex- 
terior, but the roof is high enough to allow the 
finishing of two more bedrooms and a bath, or a 
den, upstairs if desired. The openings are so care- 
fully placed that the house is quite attractive from 
all points of view. Any shade or texture of brick 


would be adaptable to this design, for which 
shrubbery and vines are especially suitable, tend- 
ing to make it appear as an integral part of its 
natural surroundings. 

The interior arrangements are described on the 
opposite page, where this plan is reversed and 
shown with an English exterior. There is a base- 
ment under both houses with the usual laundry, 
heater room and fuel bins, a fruit closet and cellar- 
age for vegetables. 

The ceiling height is 9 feet and the content, 
19,500 cubic feet. 


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A Compact, Three-Room Apartment Bungalow 


This interesting English design combines in the 
plan all of the most modern ideas in condensed 
house arrangement. The predominate feature is 
the unusually large living room, made even larger 
by the inviting fireplace nook. 

Adjoining it is the breakfast porch, enclosed in 
glass, so that it is not simply a fair-weather porch, 
although it can be thrown wide open when the 
elements permit. It serves for dining room and 
porch, even for a sleeping porch if you choose. 
While the china cabinets screen it from the 
kitchen, the division is not so complete as to rob 


the compact little food laboratory of roominess. 

A short passage gives access to the bedroom, 
the bath, the linen closet, and the coat closet. A 
sizable dressing closet not only gives an unusual 
amount of closet space but also accommodates a 
wall bed which can be swung out into the living 
room if required, making a spare bedroom on 
occasion. In fact, the dressing closet itself is large 
enough for a child’s bed, a great convenience 
where there are small children. 

The arrangement of the basement, the ceiling 
height, and content are the same as in No. 303, 


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Economically Planned to Lower Costs 


The twin-gabled porch of this attractive Colonial 
bungalow adds a distinctive touch to the pleasing 
proportions and roof lines. No other ornamenta- 
tion is necessary than that obtained by a good 
brick bond and a well-considered color scheme of 
brickwork and mortar joint. 

There is a large amount of porch in proportion 
to the size of the house, giving splendid oppor- 
tunity to enclose one end as a sun parlor. A large 
lot is not necessary, but one with a slope to the 
rear would allow good basement windows above 
grade in the rear while the brick porch floor would 


be laid upon the natural grade in front. Upon a 
level lot the earth from the excavation should be 
used to form a terrace in front, thereby saving the 
cost of carting it away. 

Those looking for an economically planned 
house will find it in this simple, rectangular plan. 
Straight walls, few corners, simple interior fram- 
ing, plumbing concentrated at one point, and one 
chimney are a few of its practical merits. 

The floor plan and arrangements in the basement 
are the same as in No. 402, as are also the ceiling 
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Attractive, Cozy, and Convenient 


Another expression of the Colonial style of 
No. 401 is shown here with the plan reversed. The 
roof plan gives a slightly higher attic. The inviting 
fireplace directly opposite the entrance offers a 
cheering hospitality. The living and dining rooms, 
while separated by the coat closet and seat shown 
in the detail above, form practically one big room 
across the front of the house. They are exceedingly 
well lighted and ventilated and, with large French 
doors to the porch, should be delightfully cheerful. 

A large closet at the end of the living room 
holds a disappearing bed, which will prove to be 


very convenient for an occasional guest. The small 
hall which communicates with bedroom, bath, and 
kitchen is conveniently located with a well- 
arranged linen closet. 

The kitchen is provided with cabinets, space for 
a refrigerator, and an incinerator built into the 
chimney for the immediate disposal of garbage. 
From the rear entrance, stairs descend to the base- 
ment, which contains the laundry, vegetable cellar, 
heater, fuel and storage room. 

The ceiling height is 9 feet and the content, 
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A Bungalow of the English Type 


All the essentials for comfortable living have 
been incorporated within the walls of this attrac- 
tive little English bungalow. The living room, well 
lighted and ventilated, has a cheery fireplace in 
the corner. A large closet off the living room ac- 
commodates a disappearing bed, which really adds 
another bedroom. 

The kitchen is equipped with two large cabinets 
extending to the ceiling, taking the place of the 
pantry. In the rear entry is space for the refrig- 
erator, above which is another cabinet. Both 
kitchen and living room are large enough for din- 


ing as the family may choose. If, however, one 
wished a dining room, the rear bedroom may be 
so transformed and connected with the kitchen 
across the entry. 
Two good corner bedrooms with closets and a 
connecting hall complete the plan. From this hall 
opens the stairs to the basement and to the attic, 
which may be finished into a good-sized bedroom 
and bath. Note the fine linen cabinet in one corner 
of the bathroom. The basement is the same as in 
No. 404. The ceiling height is 9 feet and the 
content, 21,500 cubic feet. 


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An American Cousin of the West 


The fine chimney, the simple and attractive 
roof lines, the fenestration and the brick steps 
leading to the outside vestibule, combine here 
into a very pleasing whole. It gives to’ the re- 
versed plan of No. 403 a western American in 
place of an English expression. 

While designed especially for a narrow inside 
lot, it is evident that thought has been given to 
the appearance of the side of this Western bunga- 
low, so that it might be placed broadside on a 
wider lot or be made to grace the corner. There 
is an opportunity in this design for artistic dis- 


play of brickwork in such bonds as English, 
Dutch, Flemish, or Garden Wall, not forgetting, 
of course, the proper treatment of the mortar 
joints. These should harmonize with the brick in 
color and as a general rule be in contrast so as to 
set off distinctly any bond or pattern employed. 

A doorway on the stair landing at grade gives 
convenient access to the basement which is com- 
plete with laundry, heating plant, fuel bins, and 
vegetable cellar. 

The ceiling height is the same as No. 403, but 
the content is 500 cubic feet less. 


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Designed for the Service Department of The American Face Brick Association 


A Small House with Real Architectural Merit 


It is easier to design a large than a small house, 
but here the architect has succeeded in producing 
an extremely attractive effect with the restricted 
masses and simple lines of this small house. The 
fine chimney, the roof, the gabled porch, the pro- 
portion of height to length and breadth, and the 
fenestration combine into a very pleasing whole. 
The large, square porch forms a complete pro- 
tection for the entrance, which lets you directly 
into the ample living room where a convenient 
coat closet accommodates wraps, umbrellas, and 
the like. A cheerful fireplace gives the room a 


very homey feeling. A closet for a disappearing 
bed practically makes of the living room another 
bedroom when occasion demands. 

A short hall leads to the dining room and 
kitchen, and connects the bedroom with the bath. 
The rear porch is glazed, screened, and heated, 
and has a foundation wall around it, so that it 
may be used for more than just a rear porch. It 
could be made an attractive all-the-year-round 
dining porch. 

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A Touch of the Renaissance 


The versatile architect has here developed out 
of No. 405 a totally different but none the less 
charming design. It is somewhat more reserved 
and dignified and, in fact, in its arcaded porch 
gives a suggestion of the Italian Renaissance. 

This design offers a rare chance for the artistry 
of brickwork. While the field could be treated 
with a simple running bond, much could be made 
of the frieze under the eaves, the base and band 
courses, window lintels and sills, and the arches 
of the porch columns, by the handling of analogous 
color tones. Striking contrasts should not be used. 


This type of house lends itself to a charming 
landscape treatment which by no means requires 
large spaces. It is a matter of lawn, shrubbery, 
flowers and vines, so disposed as to serve as 
embellishment for the general mass of the house. 
A brick walk, of the same color as the house, would 
intimately link the landscape and house together. 

Note, as in No. 405, the basement windows 
which give light and ventilation to the laundry 
and heater, coal, vegetable, and storage rooms. 

The ceiling height is 9 feet and the content, 
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Four-Room Cottage, No. 407 Designed for the Service Department of The American Face Brick Association 


An Architectural Gem with a Practical Plan 


With the cool, recessed porch, shown in the pic- width of the room. The end of the living room, 
ture, and all corner rooms, this cottage should used for dining, is convenient to the kitchen, so 
be delightfully comfortable. The second story is placed as not to be seen from the living room. 


not finished but there is sufficient room to accom- The kitchen is compact, well arranged and has 
modate two additional bedrooms and bath accord- cupboards in place of a pantry. A fine place is 
ing to the suggested second floor plan shown. provided for a kitchen cabinet. The refrigerator 


The entrance is so sheltered that there isnoneed may be iced from the outside, and a hopper 
for a vestibule, although an inner door could be receives the garbage for an incinerator in the 
easily added. A convenient coat closet is placed basement. The bedrooms and bath are secluded 
adjacent to the front door. The large, well- in the rear portion of the house. 
lighted living room has an attractive fireplace set The ceiling height is 9 feet and the content, 
in a slight recess, which adds to the apparent 21,500 cubic feet. 


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A Delightful English Cottage for an Inside Lot 


This entirely new and attractive exterior for 
the reversal of the plan on the opposite page is 
a successfully striking example of the English type. 
The half-timbered gable with its herring-bone 
pattern brickwork will make this house stand out 
among its neighbors. 

The second story may be finished as in No. 407, 
except that a different arrangement is required as 
shown in drawing. If so desired, however, the sec- 
ond floor may be used for a playroom, billiard 
room, or a similar use. 

This plan is adaptable to a narrow lot, as the 


kitchen has been placed on the side of the house, 
leaving an unobstructed rear view to be enjoyed 
from the two bedrooms. 

The wicket gate and brick wall to the lot line 
is an exceedingly attractive feature, while screen- 
ing from view the kitchen porch. Under both 
this house and its alternate opposite is a basement 
reached by an inside and an outside stairway in 
which the usual laundry, heating plant, fuel bin, 
vegetable cellar, and storage room are included. 

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A Cheerful Fireplace and Ingle-nook 


What could be more welcome than a blazing 
fire of pine-knots on the hearth of this cozy fire- 
place! And what reveries it brings to mind when 
the lights are out and the family grouped about 
in its cheerful warmth! This fireplace is the heart 
and soul of the home, attractively recessed, and 
directly opposite the entrance. 

The living room is well arranged with ample 
space for all the usual articles of furniture. French 
doors, at the end of the room, open to the porch 
which, placed at the side of the house, obtains 
more privacy than if it were on the front as an 


entrance porch. The bedroom with a large closet, 
having a window, and the bath are connected with 
the living room by a short hall which serves at the 
same time to isolate them completely. In this hall 
are two closets, one for linen. 

The dining room is of good size and has an 
attractive china cabinet. The kitchen is light, airy, 
and arranged for the maximum of convenience, 
with a recess for the refrigerator. There is a broom 
closet on the rear porch. 

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Architectural Values in Simple Western Lines 


The opposite plan, reversed, is here presented 
with a new exterior which changes it to a dis- 
tinctly Western type. The arrangement should 
appeal to a small family as it is unusually com- 
plete for a small house. The living and dining 
rooms, together with the porch, extend across the 
entire front and give splendid space for entertain- 
ing. All the rooms in the house are corner rooms, 
securing fine light and air. 

Placed broadside to the street as shown, it 
would require a fifty-foot lot. If, however, it were 
turned with the porch to the street and the en- 


trance at the side, it could easily be placed on a 
forty-foot lot and, in fact, might be built on 
thirty-seven and a half feet if desired. 

Both bungalows, No. 409 and No.410, have base- 
ments under the entire house well lighted by win- 
dows on the rear and end, while access from both 
the outside and inside is had by means of the 
stairs on the enclosed rear porch. Provision is 
made for a heating plant with coal bin, laundry and 
drying space, vegetable cellar, and storage room. 

The ceiling height is the same as in 409, but the 
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How to Order Plans 


When you decide to order one of these houses, 
simply give the number under the lower left hand 
corner of the plate. If, however, you want one ex- 
terior design but with the floor plans shown in con- 
nection with the other design of the pair, say: Design 
No.___, Plan No.___, giving the numbers under the 
respective plates. 

Each set we send you constitutes the complete ar- 
chitectural instrumentalities for building the house, 
viz: the drawings and specifications. The drawings 
are made up of the floor plans, the elevations, and the 
details, all drawn to proper scale, and accurately di- 
mensioned. 

The price is $12.00, which includes, besides the 
drawings and specifications, complete estimates of 
material required for the brickwork of the different 
types of wall. Additional copies of drawings, speci- 
fications, and quantity estimates will be furnished at 
$1.25 for drawings, $1.25 for specifications, and 50 
cents for quantity estimates. We shall be glad to give 
you any assistance possible in the way of explanations, 
suggestions, or modifications of minor details. We 
strongly urge the prospective builder, in using these — 
plans, to make no essential change in the exterior design. 


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